Amata
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ămāta: ae, f.
I The wife of King Latinus, and mother of Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 343.—
II The name of a vestal virgin, Gell. 1, 12, 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Amāta,¹³ æ, f.,
1 femme de Latinus : Virg. En. 7, 343
2 nom d’une vestale : Gell. 1, 12, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Amāta1, ae, f. (eig. die Geliebte), I) Gemahlin des Königs Latinus, Mutter der Lavinia, der ersten Dienerin der Vesta zu Lavinium, Verg. Aen. 7, 343. – II) übtr., Name jeder vestalischen Jungfrau, wenn sie von dem Pontifex maximus gewählt ward, Gell. 1, 12. § 14 u. 19 (vgl. Walde, Etymol. Wörterb.2 s. 31).
